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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1925
Page
4
A devotional note quotes 1 John 2 15 urging readers to avoid loving worldly things and to seek the Father. The entry presents a concise moral reflection for Monday February 16 1025 with a brief biblical verse.
Indignation rises at Washington Treasury Department as a chief posts a sign demanding punctuality and work during office hours. The device urges employees to be at desks by nine, work until 4 30, refrain from gossip, and reserve lunch breaks for eating and not shopping, arguing such discipline boosts ambition and cuts waste.
Italy plans to seek a conference with the United States to discuss refunding its debts and potentially restore its currency to a par value, signaling anxiety over financial stability and repayment terms.
ABE MARTIN reports members of the Colonial Bridge Club will quit smoking for a day to donate their savings to pay for a cataract operation for young Eileen Kite. Another speaker with a paid salary and expenses to spread sunshine is noted but not detailed.
A dense list of crossword clues covering rivers places and words across with abbreviations and hints for many entries including major rivers in Europe Asia and Africa plus common words and grammatical forms. The puzzle mixes geographic terms with general language clues and ends with a long sequence of abbreviations and suffix hints.
A mixed page combines Walt Mason verses about changing fortunes with a report on 1924 prohibition enforcement in the Northern District of Illinois. It notes breweries closed, property seized, and 682 liquor convictions, with U S Attorney Edwin A Olson touting swift trials and fewer liquor law violations.
Radio listings and government notes show Senate and House convening at noon in Washington D C with ongoing hearings on the retirements bill and a web program. Broadcaster schedules from across the nation follow, detailing concerts orchestras and talk formats.
A collage of humorous vignettes and quips about swimming lessons at the Y tank, a gripped influenza sufferer, housewives and monthly allowances, clergy, dancing mishaps, and a Chicago wife suing her husband over a toothbrush.
One of Levin Cobb's best stories follows an appraiser sent to value a home. His notes pause at a table bearing a full bottle of old Scotch and a rug. The next entry describes the revolving Turkish rug, hinting at a hidden or surprising detail in the dwelling.
A four year old interrupts a grace, laughing as Mrs. J M recounts explaining thanks for food and the child insisting they pay for everything they get, reflecting a humorous view on ownership and gratitude.
A Western newspaper notes a mosaic of voices from rural and urban life linked by a wall of radio waves and telephone chatter. The piece contrasts a farmer, traveler, youth, shut-in, and hamlet resident now tied to distant screens and signals as a grandpa announces a small gift to a door-keeper at the movies.
Comic verse mocks pledge drives and free pews with a spoof of Hamlet to question paying for gospel expenses. The piece references a Beatrice anecdote about a party game where men kiss or forfeit chocolates, ending with a joke about thirteen boxes.
A courtroom exchange features a judge asking if guilty or not, and a defendant named Rastus replying not guilty with curtness about prior thefts. The dialogue highlights racial archetypes and legal proceedings in a historical context.
When children cough and show signs of a cold Kemp's Balsam is claimed to turn aside croup and serious illness with a few doses. The ad urges sticking with Kemp's Balsam after other syrups fail and prices it at 30 cents at all stores.
Peggy turns two as family celebrates Natal Day with a birthday procession. Her brother leads the way wearing old clothes and a brass belt bell while Grandma, not mother or dad, holds the key to Peggy’s play language. A cake with two candles, ribbons, flowers, and a cloth cat cap the joyful scene.
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